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soba eaten at the end of the month (esp. at the end of the year)

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cleaning dust etc. from rooms; housecleaning; (the traditional Japanese end-of-the-year, 13th December) big house cleaning; spring cleaning (only not in spring)

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flash of lightning; urgent telegram; express telegraph

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Reika

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Sarutobi

2

telephone; telephone number; telephone call; phone call

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bamboo steamer; steaming basket; wooden frame holder with reed base used to steam food over a pot; soba served on a small wickerwork tray; wickerwork tray (for serving soba)

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Megiddo; Meguid

2

yeti; abominable snowman

1

series of biographies

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soba noodles eaten at night on New Year's Eve

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Shindou

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each person; everybody

1

spin-off; spinoff

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Rintarou

3

rock! paper! scissors!; paper! scissors! rock!; one! two! three!; rock-paper-scissors (game); janken

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one fifth part

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to act as an opposite; to form a counterpart; to act as a twin

1

fake bunt; slash bunt

1

speed reading

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astonished; stunned; startled out of one's wits; thunderstruck; open-eyed astonishment

1

Saber (Honda sedan); Sabre (jet fighter)

3

double feature (movie)

1

movie version (based on TV series, anime, etc.); the movie

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dealt hand consisting of one 20-point card and six 1-point cards; outstanding; standing out above the rest

1

record of war; war chronicle; commentaries of war; military history

2

Sudou

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Black Tortoise (god said to rule over the northern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the northern heavens

1

out of the blue; all of a sudden; without warning; unexpectedly

1

tin (Sn)

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column (e.g. in newspaper); stand-alone feature article framed by a box

1

omniscience and omnipotence

2

bayonet; guns and swords

1

table of contents; contents

3

outdoor; al fresco

1

to rule; to govern; to administer

1

Kamen Rider (TV series, the titular character)

3

wickedness; evil; wicked person

1

running water; stream

1

Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)

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record; transcript

3

advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful

1

(in) dire straits; (in a) serious bind; (in a) big pinch

1

to knock down

1

20 percent

1

white snow

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service area

1

to fetch; to go and get

1

moment to quit; way to quit

1

wise person; virtuous person; sage; unrefined sake

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